die Tatsache
Meaning in English: fact
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Das ist eine Tatsache, keine Meinung.
That's a fact, not an opinion.
Der, die or das?
Tatsache is feminine: die Tatsache. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Tatsache?
Tatsache is number 3,539 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 24 times per million words — about once every 42,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Related words in the list
Tatsache is built from die Sache (thing, matter).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,535identifizierento identify
- 3,536der Mastermaster's degree
- 3,537Hallohello, hi
- 3,538untergebrachtaccommodated, housed; stored
- 3,539die Tatsachefact
- 3,540die Amtszeitterm of office
- 3,541die Notwendigkeitnecessity, need
- 3,542betragento amount to, to be
- 3,543die Expertiseexpertise; expert opinion
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,539
- The most common German nouns#1,508
- German B2 vocabulary#772
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#492
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.